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CVE-2023-48234

Public on 2023-11-16
Modified on 2024-01-12
Description

Vim is an open source command line text editor. When getting the count for a normal mode z command, it may overflow for large counts given. Impact is low, user interaction is required and a crash may not even happen in all situations. This issue has been addressed in commit `58f9befca1` which has been included in release version 9.0.2109. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 vim 2024-01-03 22:37 ALAS-2024-1902
Amazon Linux 2 - Core vim 2023-11-29 22:19 ALAS2-2023-2353
Amazon Linux 2023 vim 2023-12-06 07:45 ALAS2023-2023-447

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L